I was in Perth last week and went with a friend to a dealer on the Leach Highway. My friend was interested in the CU2. We chatted with a youngish salesperson who seemed to know his stuff. Then I asked him directly about whether the pinging problem had been solved. He paused and then acknowledged that there was a pinging problem. But then he went on to say that Honda had solved it as they had discovered that owners had actually been fuelling up with 91 RON ULP instead of 95 RON PULP.

Well, I thought to myself: 1. He confirmed the existence of the pinging problem; and 2. He still wanted to sell my friend the CU2 no matter what.